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O. A. KELLY GOVERNOR.

No. 62,853. r Patented Mar. `12, 1867.

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i Leim Pate-ni No. 62,853, dated' Mami 12, 1861.

IMPROVE MENT INv GOVERNORS @its tlgthuiejteittrcttu in tlgestettets ntent ritt ranting mutui its stmt.

To ALL WHoM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be it known that I, OLIVER A. KELLY, of Slntersville, in theI county` of Providence. and StntezotRhode Island, have invented u new end improved Governor for Water-'Wheelsg tct; sind I do hereby declare thnt the following is n full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled. in the' urt to make and.

use 'the saune, reference being had to the' accompanying drawings,'forniing part' of .this specification, iuwhich'r-z- Figure 1 represents a. transverse vertical section of this invention, the lipearag, fig. 2, indicating the plane of section.

` Figure' 2 is it sectional side elevation of thesamc.

Similar letters o f 'reference indicate corresponding parts. v.This 'invention .relates to n. governor in lwhich the. position of' the gate orvalve is regulated by' the action lof two pawls end n ratchetA gear. The pawls point in'oppositc directions, and they nre pivoted.' to on arm to which on oscillating inotioh is imparted, whereby the p awls'sre ca .used to sweep heck end toith over the circumferencoof the ratchet geur. This gearri's provided withi'dove-tailed `teeth, which allow the `pewls to engage with thzem in either direction but if the mechanism runsat its me'in ornormal speed, the lteeth of the rotchet grnreprotectedh'y hinged shoes, so that -the pawls are not vallowed to. enga-ge with them. Saidv 'ehoesf are .pivoted to oneu'rmyof an' 'elbow-lever, the other 'arm of which connects withth'e ball governoin.v vli' the balls of this governor rise or lvout from their mean position, the shoes are 'brought-in such 'a position that they allow. one o f the ,pawls to engage Wi'th'the 'ratchet-'gestand to turn the sume in one direction, whereby the gane or valve is closed; and if the speed of the mechanism diminishes, nud the bells of the governor sinltdown'l below their mean position, lthevposition'of the shoes is lchunged, and the ratchet gear is turned in 'the opposite direction,l whereby thegztte or vzilve is opened. The Yshoes aire hinged to the elbow-lever,l sc thn't the, pawls, mr passing-over their ends :tudtriking in. the dove-tailed teeth, willI not exert a. pressure on the 'elbow-levemfnnd the 'motion otl'thef'governor'bslls .will not bendisturbed.li-rom this cause.:

'A represents ushaft, which connects byel 'chttin or any other suitable mechanismwth' the gate or vnlve which regulutesthe s upply'of water to a. witter-wheel'. On this shntit'is mounted thc ratchet gez'tr 4`B, which'is provided vwith dove-tailed. teeth rz',- and :in arm, C, swings freely o u the cudoi saidshaftclose toy the lratchetwheel.' lo the end of this erm are hinged two piiwls b'b, which point irl-opposite directions, and a. rollerl'stu'd, c, whichprojects from theouter surfoceof the urm @engages with u cem-groove, D, whicl i 'is out in a. d,isl mounted ou the end of n, shaft, E, to which a revolving motionis'imported b'y the action of 'thc'wa-:cr-wh'cel thc speed of which is to be regulated; By thecamgroove D a vibrating motion-isiiparted to thearm C, and i liQ-Pilvls 5 by ljOGllStd .t0 Sweep hack: forthA oyerthc periphery of .the -ratchet-wheel B. vIi" the water'- whcel runs at its normal specd, thc teeth ot' the ratchet-wheel B nrc protected by two shoes F,vso that the phwlsb b', fon sweeping. over the periphery ofi tlre,xait'clietwheel B, are not permitted-to etlgnge with tho devisv ,jthiledteeth a'injcith'er direction'. f lhev shnft A therefbie rcrnainsststionary; itnd thc position ofthe vgirate or v nlve'is not disturbed. Said shoes f urc hizigedlto one arn'l of 'an elbow-lever, Gfwhich pscillntes frely'onthe s hat't A, and the other ,n.rm oi which connects by scre\v'-1o=l H, with 'the'short arms fof the bell gosfornor I, the bottom end of seid rod being provided with a screw-thread, which posses freely tlirough'- the eye of un' "eye-bolt, g, and is fastened to ,the same by two nuts it, vsaid eye-bolt being made t'o' swivel in. the end of thc elbow-lever G3. so that. it uccoinmodntes itself to thoivzirying position of the` screw-rod Hin rlittion to 'the elbow-lever. 'By mezin's oi' the nxts'lt 'the position of the elbow-lever and of the shoes is so. usted Ythat seid.

shoes will prevent the pawlsbb from' engugingwith thcteeth of the'rntchetfwvhecl in ci'ther direction, whenever-,the'governorv ijnillsnre hn'lf4 wziy up, or when the-wuterwhecl runs nt its ineen velocity. Ifrthc velocity of the wheelincreases,r the balls iiy' out,iatud 'the shoes'ere ca tusetl to move in the'directi'onofv the 'arrow mztrlted on it in'g.-

By this motion said shoes-aro brought in Suche. position that the pawhbncts on the teeth of thclratclict-wheel, and turns lthestime in -the 'direction of theurrow marked ou itin fig. 1 whereby the gate or valve is grcd'ually closed. s; the speed 'of the'i'vheel decreases thc shoes return to their original position, mid :f tho'bnlls sinh down below their nicun position thel shoes ore .bronght in such o position thotthe pa-wl I engages with t'hc teeth of .the ratchet-wheel, wherchy'thje some is turnedv in the direction opposite thc :1i-row marked thereon in fig. 1, and the' gate or valve is opened. IAS the points-of the paAvls strike in the dove-tailed 4 teeth of the ratohet-ivheel they areslightly depressed; and in-.order to avoid a'freaction'on the elbow-levery and on `the 'governor halls, the shoes are connected to said elbow-lever by a pivot, ,-l alnd'iveights j, at their teils, keep the same up injvorking position, allowing them to yield, however, as' the pawls'etrike the teeth.v

By these ineens @.Agovexjnoris4 obtained-which operates sure and with compziretively little frictiou, and which l will 'regulate' the speed of a. water-wheel with'the greatest nicety.

I am aware of tho patent-to 0. A.-Kelly`a.n d E. Lamb, of January 31,1865.,- I do noticloi'm unythingset .fort-1 1 in the said patent. Y

' What I claim as nexv, and desire to seem-e by L et'ers' .P=itent-, ie.- y

1. The'- weighted shoes F, in combination with the'elbowdeverG. shaft A, rod H, :md governor I, subst'ontinlly as described, forA the .purpose specified.`

2. The cnmfgroovlll'in combination )Vith the arm- C, pnwlsib b', ratchet gear'B, shoes F, lever G, rod H,

wand governor I, oon'tructed and operating substntially as and for the purpose described. t 1

. 3. The yielding or self-adjusting shoes F, in combination with the Apztwlsi b b', dove-tailed, ,teeth a of the ratchet-Wheel '13, lever G, -rod H, and governor I, all. constructed and operating -substantiellj ae and' for the `purposeV set forth.

4 OLIVER A. KELLY.

Witnessc:

ARTHUR YOUNG, WM. S'Ammoim. 

